Salters' Chemistry Festival
Salters Chemistry Festival at Cardiff University
On Wednesday 4th May the School of Chemistry hosted the annual Salters’ Festival of Chemistry, welcoming sixty Year 7 and 8 pupils from fifteen different schools from across Wales. The Festival involved two fun-packed laboratory-based sessions, followed by an interactive DVD science quiz and the final prize-giving.
The morning Salters’ Challenge involved a forensics investigation to solve a murderous crime! The students used flame tests and test-tube reactions to analyse samples collected at the scene of the crime and from the suspects. The afternoon University Challenge asked the students to produce a new Rainbow pH Indicator. The pupils aimed to make an indicator which gave the best range of colours for acid-to-alkaline solutions.
The School of Chemistry would like to thank all teachers and pupils for attending and making the day such a brilliant and fun success.
The Chemistry Festivals are an initiative organised by the Salters Institute in collaboration with the Royal Society of Chemistry.
The attending schools were:
| Barry Comprehensive School, Barry | Bassaleg Comprehensive School, Newport | Bishop Hedley High School, Merthyr Tydfil |
| Blackwood Comprehensive School, Caerphilly | Cathays High School, Cardiff | Glan Afan Comprehensive School, Port Talbot |
| Glyncoed Comprehensive School, Ebbw Vale | Lewis School Pengam, Caerphilly | Porthcawl Comprehensive School, Porthcawl |
| Queen Elizabeth High School, Carmathen | Rougemont School, Newport | St. Alban's R.C. High School, Newport |
| The Cathedral School, Llandaff | Ysgol Gyfun Cwm Rhymni, Newport | Ysgol Gyfun Maes Yr Yrfa, Llanelli |
For further information contact: Dr Simon Pope